Stop the Proposed Changes to the Spouse Visa Law
Stop the Proposed Changes to the Spouse Visa Law
The Issue
This week the government announced proposals that from April 2024, British citizens, or people already settled in the UK, will need to show they earn £38,700 before their overseas partner can live here with them - more than double the current threshold of £18,600.
This proposal is unfair, unjust, and penalises British people in legitimate relationships with their partners, with the means to live and contribute to this society.
Please join us by signing this petition urging the government to rescind this proposal and maintain the current requirements for Spouse Visas.
Our Story
Two weeks ago, I got engaged to my wonderful girlfriend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It has been an amazing story, filled with so many coincidences, and we are so excited to live together and begin our married life in the UK.
We met whilst volunteering at a community event for children in Sheffield. My fiancé is a gifted graphic designer and artist and was leading arts and crafts activities, whilst I led sports games with the children. We spent lots of time together over the next three weeks and agreed to give a relationship a go.
After over a year of long distance (so many video calls!), trips to the UK and Argentina, we got engaged in central Buenos Aires at the end of November.
Despite earning a good salary, enough to live and contribute to society, we would be unable to live together in the UK under the new government proposals.
Our story is one of so many. We have been touched to hear of British people who are distraught by this news and the thought of having to leave the UK to be with their loved one.
According to the Office of National Statistics, median gross annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £34,963 in April 2023. The proposed income threshold of almost £40,000 not only discriminates against low income families but against key workers in our schools and the NHS.
Please join us in urging the government to rescind this proposal and stop the increase of the minimum income requirement for spouse visas.
167,561
The Issue
This week the government announced proposals that from April 2024, British citizens, or people already settled in the UK, will need to show they earn £38,700 before their overseas partner can live here with them - more than double the current threshold of £18,600.
This proposal is unfair, unjust, and penalises British people in legitimate relationships with their partners, with the means to live and contribute to this society.
Please join us by signing this petition urging the government to rescind this proposal and maintain the current requirements for Spouse Visas.
Our Story
Two weeks ago, I got engaged to my wonderful girlfriend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It has been an amazing story, filled with so many coincidences, and we are so excited to live together and begin our married life in the UK.
We met whilst volunteering at a community event for children in Sheffield. My fiancé is a gifted graphic designer and artist and was leading arts and crafts activities, whilst I led sports games with the children. We spent lots of time together over the next three weeks and agreed to give a relationship a go.
After over a year of long distance (so many video calls!), trips to the UK and Argentina, we got engaged in central Buenos Aires at the end of November.
Despite earning a good salary, enough to live and contribute to society, we would be unable to live together in the UK under the new government proposals.
Our story is one of so many. We have been touched to hear of British people who are distraught by this news and the thought of having to leave the UK to be with their loved one.
According to the Office of National Statistics, median gross annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK were £34,963 in April 2023. The proposed income threshold of almost £40,000 not only discriminates against low income families but against key workers in our schools and the NHS.
Please join us in urging the government to rescind this proposal and stop the increase of the minimum income requirement for spouse visas.
167,561
The Decision Makers
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Petition created on 6 December 2023